Death is hard enough. Imagine your significant other dies, but you don’t have any rights, because you never got married or you never could get married. Shane knows exactly what that means, he lived it. He shows us what his life used to be. His happy life with his partner Tom. And what happens when it’s taken all away—even the chance to grieve like everyone else.
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I’ve said this before. We all have a 100% chance of dying. None of us knows when or where. So it’s best to be prepared for it. Just a little bit. I’m not talking about buying a cemetery plot and having your name carved into stone years before you actually make it into the ground. That creeps me out. I’m talking about taking precautions for your family.
What if you’re still alive, but in a coma ( unable to speak or move, unaware of your surroundings), who would make medical decisions for you? Are you sure? Do you have it writing? Not something you scribbled on a McDonald’s napkin. That doesn’t count. Unless you have it in writing, your next of kin will be your voice. They get to talk with the doctors to determine your treatment plan. How long you stay on the ventilator. Whether or not your organs get donated. Whether or not you’ll get to live out the rest of your life as a vegetable with a feeding tube.
Those same next of kin will be making your financial decisions while you’re in a coma or dead. They’ll get to divvy up your belongings and have an estate auction. Whose name is on the house? The car? What about your pet?
Don’t leave your loved one alone and unprepared to fight your homophobic, insensitive and/or greedy family. Make your wishes known today. Get it in writing with witnesses. Go to the Notary Republic. See a lawyer. Your partner could lose their house, business or life savings because of your inability to see your own mortality.
Shane is right. It could happen to you. It happened to me. I was only 25. Just because you’re young, does not make you immune to mortality. I was lucky. I might have been only a roommate, but at least I got to go to the funeral.
Don’t wait until marriage is legal. GLBTQ community get your shit together. Fight for equality, but see a lawyer!
Postmortem Life 